Flange oiler



1 April 12, 1949. F. w. EDWARDS 2,467,119-

FLANGE OILER Filed June 10, 1947 conducting oil through the shoe flange in such a manner that the likelihood of Patented Apr. 12, 1949 Frank William Edwards, Chicago,

Ill., assignor to The Ohio Injector Company of" Illinois, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application June 10, 1947, Serial No.

Claims. (Cl. 184-3) I This invention relates to oilers for the flanges I of the wheels of railway vehicles, and it has particular reference to a flange oiler the design and .mounting of which with respect to the wheel it serves, especially a wheel of a locomotive, provide for marked flexibility of movement to accommodate it to movement of such wheel, whether a right-hand or a left-hand wheel, and which includes also an improved means for delivering oil to the wheel flange.

One object of the invention is to provide a flange 'oilerof simple, rugged and relatively economical construction, the parts of which may readily be replaced or repaired when they have become worn or otherwise unserviceable.

Another object is to provide a flange oiler the wheel-flange engaging oiler shoe of which is so symmetrically designed as to be adapted for use with either a right-hand or a left-hand wheel installation, and capable of being easily adjusted in its mounting means with respect to the wheel.

A further object is to provide mounting means for the oiler shoe so constructed and assembled with respect to the railway vehicle and the wheel serviced as to permit the wheel flange axially, gularly with the wheel.

A still further object is to provide means for to the wheel radially and axially-anreduced to a minimum.

illustrating the of which like stoppage of its flow is In the accompanying drawings invention, in the several figures parts are similarly designated,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation illustrating the flange oiler of the invention in association with a wheel, and showing part of mounting bracket in section,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the flange oiler,

Fig. 3 is a front view of the flange oiler with a portion of the wheel with which it is associated shown in section,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the mounting bolts omitted,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged axial sectional view of the oiler shoe in association with a wheel, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the oiler shoe detached.

In the preferred embodiment illustrated, the flange oiler includes a mounting plate I with a pair of marginal guide strips 2 secured thereto in offset spaced relation by end and intermediate bolts 3 and 4, respectively, with interposed spacing collars 5 and 6 and lock washers I where desired. The intermediate bolts 4 serve not only the flange oiler with movement of the shoe with} to complement the 'end 'bolts 3' in afiixing the strips 2 to the mounting plate l'but furnish -a means for attaching the flange'oiler as a" whole to the mounting bracket 8, Fig. 1.

Positioned between the mounting plate I and the strips 2, and capable of limited sliding move- 'ment therebetween vertically, laterally and anfgularly, is a slide plate 9 having'laterally offstanding pairs of guide arms tween adjacent portions of the mounting plate I 10 which extend beand the guide strips 2 and serve'not only to retain the slide plate in position but to limit its movement relatively to the spacing collars 5 and 6. Adjacent to its lower end'the slide plate 9 is provided with a bearing member |l having arecess l2 to closely engage the shank 13 of the oiler shoe l4, and laterally extending bolting flanges l5to which the oiler shoe'is secured by bolts 16 which pass through ears I1 011' the oiler shoe shank l3 and are preferablyprovided with lock washers l8.

By this arrangement it will be seen that the oiler shoe may readily be rer'novedand restored or replaced and, due to the symmetrical arrangement of the bolting ears I! with respect to the axis of the'shank l3, may be properly positioned for eitherright-hand or left-hand operation.

Moreover, the provision for vertical, lateraland angular movement of the slide plate 9, and with it of the oiler shoe I4, makes possible accommodation of the shoe to radial, axial and axiallyangular motion of the wheel IS with the flange 20 of which the shoe is engaged.

As shown particularly in Fig. 5, the operative face of the oiler shoe is provided with a recess 2| substantially conforming in contour to the wheel flange 20 and flanked by guide yokes 22 and 23 at front,and rear of the flange, respectively, the yoke 23 at the rear of the flange being made to extend well down radially of the wheel in order to guard against displacement of the shoe from the flange during movement of the wheel.

Interiorly of the oiler shoe [4 and its shank l3 extends a bore 24 (Fig. 5) terminating at one end in the wheel flange engaging recess 2| and at its other end in a threaded socket 25 to receive the end of a suitable flexible or jointed oil conduit 28.

Within the bore 24 is arranged a tubular feed member 21 of less external diameter than the internal diameter of the bore 24 with its lower end cut ofi at an angle in a plane tangent to the adjacent face of the wheel flange. During operation of the oiler this end of the tubular feed member will wear so as to substantially conform to the face of the wheel flange, but it will be slide means comprising a slide plate normally in substantial face-to-face relation to said mounting from dropping out of the bore by a cross pin 28 plate and guided by said mounting plate and or the like the projecting ends of which are guide strips, said slide plate being provided with normally spaced from but may bear upon the bearing means for detachable connection of said suspended in circumferentially spaced relation to the Wall of the bore 24 and will be prevented shouldered inner extremity 29 of the threaded oiler shoe. I D

socket 25. Obviously, with this mpde 02f asn 2. fil flange oi ler as claicgned n claim 1 m which semblyjtlji ffeedfmenibir 21 is permitted alinijth'edetachable connettjonfmeahsflor said oiler ited movement Within" the bore 24. "shoe i'ncludea baringliiehiber o'n'said'slide plate This tubular feed member 21 has advantages x and means for securing said oiler shoe in fixed reover the solid rod type of feed members soni- "Iation to said bearing means comprising members times used in installations of this generaFcharfs mm i a ly r n wi h respec o s id oiler actor for the reason that oil fr s e endfladm tiha of s a a m o aid may pass not, only alongifj tsio Tu y iliigimeinberf'ineither Of two positions f0! along the wall of the bore, orbe'tiii q i i i l t t With alight-hand 01 e faces, but may pass also through or alo ng' the fi fi e Walls of its central tubular passage, thusg'uard- An iler'forrthe flange of a vehicle wheel, ing more effectively against clogging, lt being ,l'h i llq h a mounting pl guide ips Se u ed understood that oil is ordinarily fed tnrou 'htlie a'dla t o th lateral ed es f sa d mount n pond, 't 26 to the lersnoe small measured 9 d, pa d t re a slide p t he e iiua'ntiti'esand usually drop by" drop. laterally olfstanding guide ar-ins interposed I in i hitherroregoihgiirwifib [the spaeebetween'said mounting plateaild gui de ffigfi g d of the 3- {fstrips and lsei ving to"hold said 's 'li'deplatefinlcoover devices "opela'tive f rel,ti0nt0 said mountin pl'ate "for g tag w ag M H- limited "movement 'verti'c'ajlly,"laterallyfand ani with" in response'tdmovement of the wheelwith Whichiitcboperates. ,l i i 4. A flange oiler as claimediin claim 3, in-Which i the guide strips are 'seouredfto the mounting plate g a a movement bybolts'serving' alsoito'jll'mit 'relativeuhovement b g f h m r 27, I v 5. A fiangeoiler'as'clalmed in claim 3,1n-'wh1ch u a ay-R g ea a 9 g the slide plate is'of lesswidth than the distance laterally of' said mounting plate between said guidei' stiipsyand'said' "guidearms: serve to maintain'slidirig relation'betw'een s'aid guide plate and mounting plate. s, l

FRANK WILLIAM EDWARDS.

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